(Poughkeepsie, NY) The Bardavon is pleased to announce the second year of classic movies on the big screen at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston beginning Friday, September 25 at 7:30pm. Screened will be the legendary 1970 Academy Award winning rock documentary: Woodstock. All seats are just $5. The sponsors for the Friday Film Series at UPAC are Kevin & Brian Ginty CFP and the Kingston Dailey Freeman. The return of films at UPAC was made possible in large part through a NYS grant obtained by Assemblyman Kevin Cahill.

Woodstock is the 1970 documentary of the Woodstock Festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York. The film was directed by Michael Wadleigh and was edited by (amongst others) Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker; Schoonmaker was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing. It received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, as well as a nomination for Best Sound. The film was also screened at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition. The film features many of rock and folk music's greatest performers including Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, The Who, Sly Stone, Joe Cocker and Crosby Stills and Nash.

In 1996, Woodstock was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". An expanded edition of Woodstock, the movie, released on June 9, 2009 in Blu-Ray and DVD formats, features additional performances not before seen in the film, and also includes lengthened versions of existing performances featuring Creedence Clearwater Revival and others. This is the version of the film that will be screened at UPAC.
The Kevin & Brian Ginty, CFP Friday Film Series at UPAC continues with: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (11/20), It's a Wonderful Life (12/18), Goldfinger (2/4), Casablanca (3/5), Raiders of the Lost Ark (4/23).

All seats are just $5 and general admission. Tickets for the Friday, September 25, 7:30pm screening of Woodstock are available in person at the UPAC Box Office, 601 Broadway Kingston, 845.339.6088 or in person at the Bardavon Box Office, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, 845.473.2072. Tickets are also available through TicketMaster at 800.745.3000 or www.TicketMaster.com. UPAC is handicapped accessible and offers secure and convenient parking. For more information, go to www.bardavon.org or www.upac.org.